Reviews
An Den Dey Made Tae
Growing up as part of a famous Shetland musical family, Ross Couper, fiddle player with the Peatbog Faeries, and his...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2021
Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia
Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia
Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020
Direct-to-Disc
Marcelo Peixoto became known through his work with 90s rap-rock band Planet Hemp and their ceaseless cries for the legalisation...
Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: January/2025
Pra Gente Fazer mais um Samba
In his liner notes, Chico Buarque describes this collection by one of the greatest samba singer-songwriters as ‘ songs full...
Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
Não Tente Compreender
Like Moreno Veloso, Preta Gil and Maria Rita, Mart'nália Mendonça Ferreira is the child of famous musical parents. Her mother...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2012
Carta de Amor
This recording captures the celebrated Brazilian singer live in a concert in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 in front of...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2014
Fazer e Cantar
Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022
